I was reflecting to myself earlier that harbouring animosity towards Americans because of Trump is as foolish and illogical as resenting Germans because they once elected Hitler. The problem is, it is getting harder and harder not to do so. While I know full well that resenting a group of people or country because of the actions of their leader is foolish, with the world teetering on the edge of a potentially catastrophic economic war, and with America and Americans drifting further and further to the right, I doubt that I’m the only person to feel like this. Who can look at the USA these days, and resist the urge to wonder how that bunch of inbred numpties became the most powerful nation on earth? Is it me, or do they all seem more arrogant and self-important? Needless to say, it was this growing anti-Americanism and feeling of bewilderment which gave rise to this entry the other day.

Yet we all know that not all Americans are stupid, that a lot of good comes from America, and that thinking that way gets us nowhere. Indeed, it is precisely such foolish, lazy thinking which gets charlatans like Trump elected in the first place. What frightens me is, as things get worse and worse, as Trump becomes more and more deranged, resentment towards America will build and build, and we risk going down a very dark cultural rabbit hole indeed.